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Waiting on Wednesday: May!

5.06.2015

I've decided I'll be doing one WoW post on the first Wednesday of each month. I really love showing off what books I'm dying for, but I don't want to clog up the blog or anything.

So without further ado, here are some of the books I've found in the last month that I'm absolutely DYING for. (Side note: I scheduled this post a little while ago, so you've probably heard me talk about these on twitter if you follow me WAY TOO MUCH. SORRY. BUT NOT REALLY.)Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Expected publication: January 5th, 2016 by Tor Teen

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In
the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are
ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya
is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic
that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the
nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest
she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a
Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the
lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart.
Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast
into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to
Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be
free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With
the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain)
and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must
fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing
to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

The amount of NEED I have for this one is at its highest level. I said on Twitter I'd sell my soul, my firstborn, my secondborn, and all my borns for this novel. I wasn't kidding. It sounds so unique that I want to cry, and with a beautiful friendship and pirates? Yeah. I'm not gonna make it to January.Passengerby Alexandra Bracken
Expected Publication: January 5th, 2016 by Disney-Hyperion

Violin prodigy Etta
Spencer had big plans for her future, but a tragedy has put her
once-bright career at risk. Closely tied to her musical skill, however,
is a mysterious power she doesn't even know she has. When her two
talents collide during a stressful performance, Etta is drawn back
hundreds of years through time.

Etta wakes, confused
and terrified, in 1776, in the midst a fierce sea battle. Nicholas
Carter, the handsome young prize master of a privateering ship, has been
hired to retrieve Etta and deliver her unharmed to the Ironwoods, a
powerful family in the Colonies--the very same one that orchestrated her
jump back, and one Nicholas himself has ties to. But discovering she
can time travel is nothing compared to the shock of discovering the true
reason the Ironwoods have ensnared her in their web.

Another
traveler has stolen an object of untold value from them, and, if Etta
can find it, they will return her to her own time. Out of options, Etta
and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and
continents, piecing together clues left behind by the mysterious
traveler. But as they draw closer to each other and the end of their
search, the true nature of the object, and the dangerous game the
Ironwoods are playing, comes to light -- threatening to separate her not
only from Nicholas, but her path home... forever.

This one was already on my radar, but when I saw the cover reveal, I almost screamed. No joke. Now I'm REALLY sure I won't make it to January.

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The
year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet
that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the
universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With
enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even
talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating
fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems
are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is
mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be
protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will
say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to
find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to
light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

Told
through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails,
schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae
is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives
interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

I'm sure this one is no surprise. Me + aliens = true love. I love how it's written through secret documents! The Fixerby Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Expected Publication: January 7th, 2015 by Bloomsbury USA Children's

This thriller YA is Scandal meets Veronica Mars.

Sixteen-year-old
Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather's ranch. But
when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is thrown into a
world that revolves around politics and power. She also starts at
Hardwicke Academy, the D.C. school for the children of the rich and
powerful, where she unwittingly becomes a fixer for the high school set,
fixing teens’ problems the way her sister fixes their parents’
problems.

And when a conspiracy surfaces that involves the family
member of one of Tess's classmates, love triangles and unbelievable
family secrets come to light and life gets even more interesting—and
complicated—for Tess.

Perfect for fans of Pretty Little Liars and Heist Society, readers will be clamoring for this compelling teen drama with a political twist.

Let's be honest. You had me at Veronica Mars. No more words needed. (Plus it's Jennifer Lynn Barnes, so...)

From Richelle Mead, the
#1 internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy and Bloodlines,
comes a breathtaking new fantasy steeped in Chinese folklore.

For
as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village,
where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from
self-sustaining. Fei and her people are at the mercy of a zipline that
carries food up the treacherous cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway
kingdom.

When villagers begin to lose their sight, deliveries
from the zipline shrink and many go hungry. Fei’s home, the people she
loves, and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under threat of
darkness and starvation.

But soon Fei is awoken in the night by a searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon.

Richelle
Mead takes readers on a triumphant journey from the peak of Fei’s
jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiugo, where a startling truth
and an unlikely romance will change her life forever...

I can already picture this setting, and it is GORGEOUS.I can't even begin to imagine how great this is going to be.Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith
Expected Publication: October 6th, 2015 by Roaring Brook Press

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.

Livia
is a dreamstrider. She can inhabit a subject's body while they are
sleeping and, for a short time, move around in their skin. She uses her
talent to work as a spy for the Barstadt Empire. But her partner,
Brandt, has lately become distant, and when Marez comes to join their
team from a neighborhing kingdom, he offers Livia the option of a life
she had never dared to imagine. Livia knows of no other dreamstriders
who have survived the pull of Nightmare. So only she understands the
stakes when a plot against the Empire emerges that threatens to consume
both the dreaming world and the waking one with misery and rage.

A
richly conceived world full of political intrigue and fantastical dream
sequences, at its heart Dreamstrider is about a girl who is struggling
to live up to the potential before her.

I think it's pretty clear at this point that fantasy is my #1. Add in espionage, politics, and that cover and I'M SO READY. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
Expected Publication: June 2nd, 2015 by Simon Pulse

The youngest of six
talented sisters, Elyse d’Abreau was destined for stardom—until a
boating accident took everything from her. Now, the most beautiful
singer in Tobago can’t sing. She can’t even speak.

Seeking quiet
solitude, Elyse accepts a friend’s invitation to Atargatis Cove. Named
for the mythical first mermaid, the Oregon seaside town is everything
Elyse’s home in the Caribbean isn’t: An ocean too cold for swimming,
parties too tame for singing, and people too polite to pry—except for
one.

Christian Kane is a notorious playboy—insolent, arrogant,
and completely charming. He’s also the only person in Atargatis Cove who
doesn’t treat Elyse like a glass statue. He challenges her to express
herself, and he admires the way she treats his younger brother
Sebastian, who believes Elyse is the legendary mermaid come to life.

When
Christian needs a first mate for the Cove’s high-stakes Pirate Regatta,
Elyse reluctantly stows her fear of the sea and climbs aboard. The
ocean isn’t the only thing making waves, though—swept up in Christian’s
seductive tide and entranced by the Cove’s charms, Elyse begins to
wonder if a life of solitude isn’t what she needs. But changing course
again means facing her past. It means finding her inner voice. And
scariest of all, it means opening her heart to a boy who’s best known
for breaking them . . .

Life in the outer realm
is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for
it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where
nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the
felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the
realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the
rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through
high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner Zenith.

When
a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious
repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he
pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to
clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work
together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may
be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything
they once believed about their world--and each other--the ship becomes
home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover
on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives,
but the existence of everyone in the universe...

I know, I know. I'm really attracted to books about space. WHAT CAN I SAY?

I should probably stop myself here. Anyway, I feel like these are pretty hyped about titles, so there's nothing new here for you. Sorry! But which of these are you most excited about? What are you waiting on this Wednesday? Let me know!

1 comment on "Waiting on Wednesday: May!"

5.06.2015

Waiting on Wednesday: May!

I've decided I'll be doing one WoW post on the first Wednesday of each month. I really love showing off what books I'm dying for, but I don't want to clog up the blog or anything.

So without further ado, here are some of the books I've found in the last month that I'm absolutely DYING for. (Side note: I scheduled this post a little while ago, so you've probably heard me talk about these on twitter if you follow me WAY TOO MUCH. SORRY. BUT NOT REALLY.)Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Expected publication: January 5th, 2016 by Tor Teen

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In
the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are
ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya
is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic
that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the
nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest
she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a
Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the
lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart.
Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast
into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to
Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be
free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With
the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain)
and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must
fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing
to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

The amount of NEED I have for this one is at its highest level. I said on Twitter I'd sell my soul, my firstborn, my secondborn, and all my borns for this novel. I wasn't kidding. It sounds so unique that I want to cry, and with a beautiful friendship and pirates? Yeah. I'm not gonna make it to January.Passengerby Alexandra Bracken
Expected Publication: January 5th, 2016 by Disney-Hyperion

Violin prodigy Etta
Spencer had big plans for her future, but a tragedy has put her
once-bright career at risk. Closely tied to her musical skill, however,
is a mysterious power she doesn't even know she has. When her two
talents collide during a stressful performance, Etta is drawn back
hundreds of years through time.

Etta wakes, confused
and terrified, in 1776, in the midst a fierce sea battle. Nicholas
Carter, the handsome young prize master of a privateering ship, has been
hired to retrieve Etta and deliver her unharmed to the Ironwoods, a
powerful family in the Colonies--the very same one that orchestrated her
jump back, and one Nicholas himself has ties to. But discovering she
can time travel is nothing compared to the shock of discovering the true
reason the Ironwoods have ensnared her in their web.

Another
traveler has stolen an object of untold value from them, and, if Etta
can find it, they will return her to her own time. Out of options, Etta
and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and
continents, piecing together clues left behind by the mysterious
traveler. But as they draw closer to each other and the end of their
search, the true nature of the object, and the dangerous game the
Ironwoods are playing, comes to light -- threatening to separate her not
only from Nicholas, but her path home... forever.

This one was already on my radar, but when I saw the cover reveal, I almost screamed. No joke. Now I'm REALLY sure I won't make it to January.

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The
year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet
that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the
universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With
enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even
talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating
fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems
are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is
mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be
protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will
say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to
find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to
light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

Told
through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails,
schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae
is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives
interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

I'm sure this one is no surprise. Me + aliens = true love. I love how it's written through secret documents! The Fixerby Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Expected Publication: January 7th, 2015 by Bloomsbury USA Children's

This thriller YA is Scandal meets Veronica Mars.

Sixteen-year-old
Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather's ranch. But
when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is thrown into a
world that revolves around politics and power. She also starts at
Hardwicke Academy, the D.C. school for the children of the rich and
powerful, where she unwittingly becomes a fixer for the high school set,
fixing teens’ problems the way her sister fixes their parents’
problems.

And when a conspiracy surfaces that involves the family
member of one of Tess's classmates, love triangles and unbelievable
family secrets come to light and life gets even more interesting—and
complicated—for Tess.

Perfect for fans of Pretty Little Liars and Heist Society, readers will be clamoring for this compelling teen drama with a political twist.

Let's be honest. You had me at Veronica Mars. No more words needed. (Plus it's Jennifer Lynn Barnes, so...)

From Richelle Mead, the
#1 internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy and Bloodlines,
comes a breathtaking new fantasy steeped in Chinese folklore.

For
as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village,
where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from
self-sustaining. Fei and her people are at the mercy of a zipline that
carries food up the treacherous cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway
kingdom.

When villagers begin to lose their sight, deliveries
from the zipline shrink and many go hungry. Fei’s home, the people she
loves, and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under threat of
darkness and starvation.

But soon Fei is awoken in the night by a searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon.

Richelle
Mead takes readers on a triumphant journey from the peak of Fei’s
jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiugo, where a startling truth
and an unlikely romance will change her life forever...

I can already picture this setting, and it is GORGEOUS.I can't even begin to imagine how great this is going to be.Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith
Expected Publication: October 6th, 2015 by Roaring Brook Press

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.

Livia
is a dreamstrider. She can inhabit a subject's body while they are
sleeping and, for a short time, move around in their skin. She uses her
talent to work as a spy for the Barstadt Empire. But her partner,
Brandt, has lately become distant, and when Marez comes to join their
team from a neighborhing kingdom, he offers Livia the option of a life
she had never dared to imagine. Livia knows of no other dreamstriders
who have survived the pull of Nightmare. So only she understands the
stakes when a plot against the Empire emerges that threatens to consume
both the dreaming world and the waking one with misery and rage.

A
richly conceived world full of political intrigue and fantastical dream
sequences, at its heart Dreamstrider is about a girl who is struggling
to live up to the potential before her.

I think it's pretty clear at this point that fantasy is my #1. Add in espionage, politics, and that cover and I'M SO READY. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
Expected Publication: June 2nd, 2015 by Simon Pulse

The youngest of six
talented sisters, Elyse d’Abreau was destined for stardom—until a
boating accident took everything from her. Now, the most beautiful
singer in Tobago can’t sing. She can’t even speak.

Seeking quiet
solitude, Elyse accepts a friend’s invitation to Atargatis Cove. Named
for the mythical first mermaid, the Oregon seaside town is everything
Elyse’s home in the Caribbean isn’t: An ocean too cold for swimming,
parties too tame for singing, and people too polite to pry—except for
one.

Christian Kane is a notorious playboy—insolent, arrogant,
and completely charming. He’s also the only person in Atargatis Cove who
doesn’t treat Elyse like a glass statue. He challenges her to express
herself, and he admires the way she treats his younger brother
Sebastian, who believes Elyse is the legendary mermaid come to life.

When
Christian needs a first mate for the Cove’s high-stakes Pirate Regatta,
Elyse reluctantly stows her fear of the sea and climbs aboard. The
ocean isn’t the only thing making waves, though—swept up in Christian’s
seductive tide and entranced by the Cove’s charms, Elyse begins to
wonder if a life of solitude isn’t what she needs. But changing course
again means facing her past. It means finding her inner voice. And
scariest of all, it means opening her heart to a boy who’s best known
for breaking them . . .

Life in the outer realm
is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for
it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where
nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the
felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the
realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the
rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through
high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner Zenith.

When
a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious
repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he
pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to
clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work
together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may
be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything
they once believed about their world--and each other--the ship becomes
home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover
on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives,
but the existence of everyone in the universe...

I know, I know. I'm really attracted to books about space. WHAT CAN I SAY?

I should probably stop myself here. Anyway, I feel like these are pretty hyped about titles, so there's nothing new here for you. Sorry! But which of these are you most excited about? What are you waiting on this Wednesday? Let me know!

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Zoey's life revolves around monkeys and college but she is also fond of YA (and sometimes NA) books. Especially ones with kissing and cats. Forever favorites include THE RAVEN CYCLE and ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS. Feel free to contact her at uncreativelyzoey@gmail.com!